diff --git a/src/Stache/Stache.php b/src/Stache/Stache.php
index 1eb76aec62d..e130ae8d7a6 100644
--- a/src/Stache/Stache.php
+++ b/src/Stache/Stache.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class Stache
     protected $lockFactory;
     protected $locks = [];
     protected $duplicates;
+    protected $exclude = [];
 
     public function __construct()
     {
@@ -60,6 +61,13 @@ public function registerStores($stores)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function exclude(string $store)
+    {
+        $this->exclude[] = $store;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     public function stores()
     {
         return $this->stores;
@@ -88,7 +96,7 @@ public function generateId()
 
     public function clear()
     {
-        $this->stores()->reverse()->each->clear();
+        $this->stores()->except($this->exclude)->reverse()->each->clear();
 
         $this->duplicates()->clear();
 
@@ -110,7 +118,7 @@ public function warm()
 
         $this->startTimer();
 
-        $this->stores()->each->warm();
+        $this->stores()->except($this->exclude)->each->warm();
 
         $this->stopTimer();
 
diff --git a/tests/Stache/StacheTest.php b/tests/Stache/StacheTest.php
index f8be258d5e9..721b51208be 100644
--- a/tests/Stache/StacheTest.php
+++ b/tests/Stache/StacheTest.php
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use Statamic\Stache\NullLockStore;
 use Statamic\Stache\Stache;
 use Statamic\Stache\Stores\ChildStore;
 use Statamic\Stache\Stores\CollectionsStore;
 use Statamic\Stache\Stores\EntriesStore;
+use Symfony\Component\Lock\LockFactory;
 use Tests\TestCase;
 
 class StacheTest extends TestCase
@@ -61,6 +63,29 @@ public function stores_can_be_registered()
         });
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function stores_can_be_excluded_from_warming_and_clearing()
+    {
+        $this->stache->sites(['en']); // store expects the stache to have site(s)
+        $this->assertTrue($this->stache->stores()->isEmpty());
+
+        $mockStore = $this->mock(CollectionsStore::class, function ($mock) {
+            $mock->shouldReceive('warm')->never();
+            $mock->shouldReceive('clear')->never();
+            $mock->shouldReceive('key')->andReturn('collections');
+        });
+
+        $this->stache->registerStore($mockStore);
+
+        $return = $this->stache->exclude('collections');
+
+        $this->assertEquals($this->stache, $return);
+
+        $this->stache->setLockFactory(new LockFactory(new NullLockStore()));
+        $this->stache->warm();
+        $this->stache->clear();
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function multiple_stores_can_be_registered_at_once()
     {